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The Electric Express "It's The Real Thing, Part 1 (Short Version)" (Linco 1001)mp3 via 45 blog
I'm dying to see a picture of these guys. Does no one have a photo? All I can tell you about this is that The Electric Express hailed from Greensboro, NC, and that Linco was a short-lived subsidiary of Cotillion Records, pressed and distributed by Atlantic. It was written by Joe Lewis Powell and Vic Hudson, and produced by Slack Johnson (no, I won't say it, but I can't stop you from thinking it). Johnson seems to have remained active in the Charlotte area, producing and arranging gospel music. I understand Part 2 had some socially-conscious lyrics, but my promo copy only has a longer edit of the instrumental on the B-side. Love the sax with the octave divider!
Georgia White started out by recording hokum style blues songs that are okay but nothing special, however by the mid 30s she was recording for Decca and making some amazing blues music back by the best musicians the blues world could offer. This track “Was I Drunk?” was recorded with Richard Jones (one of the great blues piano plays and lyricists) and Charlie McCoy and features a very strong vocal performance by Ms. White as she ponders the night before.mp3 via honey where you been so long?
One of my favorite recent records is a little gem that Program Director Brian found called Call of the Wild by Dean Carter, on the Big Beat label. Calling him the missing link between rockabilly and garage punk doesn't do him justice. Recorded mostly between '65 and '68, it's psychobilly pure and simple, with a backdrop of echo chambered heavy breathing, tortured off kilter guitar and barely controlled singing.rip-rockin' 4 song mp3 via ken fmu blog